Due to a family emergency, Epica has been forced to cancel the remainder of their North American tour. The tour kicked off just last week in Baltimore with co-headliners Eluveitie and The Agonist, who will carry on through the remainder of the scheduled dates. Epica is planning to reschedule the tour for early 2016. …

Like most show-goers, I’m a sucker for the thrills that come with being in a packed venue: the chaos of bodies squeezing past each other, the buzz of unintelligible chatter, the sense of anticipation in the air. It’s an experience like no other, and I feed off the crowd’s energy …

There’s nothing like the cavity-inducing sound of pop music blasting from the radio to make you ponder if rock is truly dead. After all, if the life of music is directly correlated to the number of plays per hour a DJ spins, then rock would be buried six feet under …

Jelani Lateef has built up quite a following in the Chicago hip-hop scene. His latest album, Cold Days and Dark Nights is a tremendously personal effort that sees Lateef graduate from artist to artist/producer. After the hardships he has encountered over the previous few years, Lateef launched his own company, Manhood …

Nashaat Salman – Universal Melodies (Meilen, Switzerland) Who doesn’t like good thought provoking Ambient laced music? I’d bet not all the hands go up in the air right away. I mean, while Ambient might not be your first choice, most people can’t deny getting into many top shelf synthetic music …

When a band or artist puts out a cover song or album, it is usually met with great skepticism upon first listen. Sometimes the track(s) can fall flat stacked up next to the original and sometimes it can exceed expectations. What the band no:carrier has been able to accomplish with their …

Five-piece alternative metal band NEW DISORDER have been working tirelessly and touring internationally to promote their brand new upcoming full-length release, Straight To The Pain, hitting stores in North America this Friday, September 18th via MVD in North America. Fans can pre-order the album digitally via iTunes and Amazon and physically via …

Emily Gold – Recluse I-TUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/recluse/id1004052092 Emily Gold fronts a quartet and leads her troops into battle like an experienced general who isn’t afraid of what lurks beyond the frontlines. She has a commanding presence; an aura to her voice and image that make her memorable from the very first …

Not all stones are stationary: Hypermass may recall images of huge monoliths, but these structures have speed! From the far-flung climes of Trondheim, Norway, Hypermass are a genre-melding extreme metal band whose goal is to draw upon the melody of death, black and thrash metal, and occasionally throw in some …

KRISTIAN NAIRN rose to international fame for his portrayal of “Hodor” on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones. However, Nairn is also an accomplished musician and has been a professional DJ for almost two decades, holding down a residency at Kremlin, one of Northern Ireland’s most popular and enduring venues, …

As plants become dormant and animals begin to migrate and hibernate, there’s one more thing that you can expect this autumn – a new album from Detroit rockers ELECTRIC SIX. Bitch, Don’t Let Me Die! is set for an October 2, 2015 release via Metropolis Records. The boys will be …

Brisbane-based media agency, Glory Music Promotions has been working over the last 12+ months supplying news, reviews, interviews and more to the public. Since launching in January 2014, the company has made it clear that they heavily support multiple charities throughout donations, charity shows/events and partnerships. Now, the agency has …